. >>> i'm tim willcox live in kiev. we'll be bringing you all the latest developments from around ukraine. >>> also more hardin tear gas stations in the pistorius travel as another witness is challenged over what we heard the night reeva steenkamp was killed. >>> doctors in the united states have used gene therapy to upgrade the new system of 12 patients with hiv. >>> also in the program, aaron is here. another airline jumping on the premium economy. >> yeah, david. it's not economy. it's not business class. it's the hybrid part of the cabin that's cheaper than a regular seat. lounge access, extra legroom and meals on a china plate. we will look to see if all of this is worth it. >>> hello. thanks for joining us here on "gmt". midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, 2:00 in the afternoon in crimea where another extraordinary development has created further turmoil in the crisis in that ream. the parliament of crimea has voted in favor of leaving ukraine and joining russia. and it says there will be a referendum in 10

. >> reporter: i'm tim willcox live in kiev on independence square. at the heart of this crisis in ukraine. >>> also in the program, a third of all women in europe have been physically or sexually abused. the most e tensive survey of its kind also reveals one in 20 women say they've been raped. >>> the smog that's choking china, the country's prime minister blames it on inefficient and blind development. >>> also in the program, aaron is here looking at more of those challenges facing beijing. >> it's all about steering the world's second largest economy in the right direction. leaders are talking a leaner, cleaner growth tackling everything from smoke to corruption. beijing is also throwing more money at its military making the chinese defense budget now the second biggest in the world. >>> good to have you with us here on gmt. midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in london, 1:00 p.m. in paris where a face-to-face meeting between russia's foreign minister and the american secretary of state is due to begin shortly. it should be a critically important rendezvo

for now, from me, tim willcox and the whole team, back to you in london. >>> thanks, tim in kiev. now to south africa, the third day of the oscar pistorius trial. the chief defense lawyer has been seeking to undermine the prosecution testimony of a couple who say they heard a woman's screams and gunfire the night the athlete fatally shot his girlfriend. a fourth witness has been testifying about a separate gun charge when oscar pistorius allegedly fired a shot under a table. he's pleaded not guilty to killing his girlfriend. let's go to my colleague karin giannone. particularly about that incident of what was said in court about that incident. >> reporter: kevin lorena who was out with a meal with oscar pistorius and other friends. one of those friends handed oscar pistorius his pistol. he apparently had a look at it. it's alleged the gun went off in his hand accidentally, just grazing the toe of kevin lorena under the table and causing a lot of shock and consternation. why the prosecution have brought in this firearms charge, an additional charge to murder is trying to paint osca

for me, tim willcox and the whole team here in ukraine, back to you in london. >> tim, thanks very mucheed. yes, we will keep across the situation in ukraine of course. let's catch up on some other news for you. the egyptian court has band all activity thes by the palestinian militant group hamas. it also ordered the seizure of offices. it is the result of a lawsuit demanding that the palestinian group with the terrorist organization because of its links to the brotherhood. a prominent exiled leader urged authorities to respond calmly to a knife attack in which 29 people died over the weekend. they have urged the authorities not to demonize them. the muslims who live in china's far west. three more people have been arrested over the random attack at a railway station. >>> indonesia warned the australian drug smuggler would have her parole revoked following a documentary. she was freed last month after serving nine years in prison. under parole conditions she must stay on the island until 2017. channel 7 broadcast an interview with her sister. and widery rumored to have secured an interv

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